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A1 - Wheatland Complex
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Author Plot Code  |
A1 - Wheatland Complex
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| Author Observation Code |
A1 - Wheatland Complex
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| Original Data Location |
NJ Natural Heritage Program, NJDEP Division of Parks and Forestry, Office of Natural Lands Management, 22 S. Clinton Ave, Plaza Bldg 4, Fl. 4, PO Box 404 Trenton, NJ, 08625-0404
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| Confidentiality Status |
10 km radius (nearest 0.1 degree)
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| Latitude |
39.8
º
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| Longitude |
-74.5
º
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| Author Location |
Wheatland Complex
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| Location Narrative |
Site is 0.8 miles north northwest of Bullock. From Bullock, travel west-northwest on Mt. Misery Road about 1.5 miles to Butler Place Road, turn right (northeast). Travel 0.7 miles to Broken Arm Road, turn right (south) and continue about 0.4 miles. Site is made up of three ponds. One is on right about 200 feet west of road, one is on right about 100 feet east of road. To reach third pond, continue south an additional 0.2 miles to Y-intersection. Turn sharply left (north) and continue 0.4 miles. Third pond is about 75 feet east of road.
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| State or Province |
New Jersey
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| Country |
United States
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| Shape |
Plotless
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| Permanence |
not permanent
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| Layout Narrative |
plotless - latitude and longitude coordinates approximate the survey area
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| Elevation |
42.4
m
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| Elevation Range |
0.61
m
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| Slope Gradient |
1.5
º
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| Landscape Narrative |
Soil Description: 2-3 inch layer of sandy muck lies over sand soil of the Cohansey Formation, pH 4.0
Landscape Description: This site is a 0.4-acre pondshore community in pristine condition in a large, 5.5-acre, diverse coastal plain intermittent pond in close proximity to two other pristine ponds within pitch pine-oak forest. The surrounding landscape is relatively flat, underlain by sand substrate of the Cohansey Formation. The South Branch of Mount Misery Brook and Middle Branch headwaters run within a ½ mile of the pond, to the southwest and north, respectively. Eleocharis (olivacea, microcarpa, robbinsii) - Xyris (difformis var. difformis, smalliana) Herbaceous Vegetation dominates the central zone of the pond (A1). The adjacent middle shore (A2) is dominated by Dichanthelium sp., with Panicum verrucosum, Carex sp., Muhlenbergia torreyana, Panicum rigidulum var. pubescens, Cladium mariscoides, Juncus pelocarpus, Sphagnum sp. and Panicum virgatum. The surrounding upper shore (A3) is dominated by Carex striata var. brevis and Sphagnum sp., with Triadenum virginicum. A tall shrub zone (A4) surrounds the pond, dominated by Vaccinium corymbosum, with Leucothoe racemosa, Smilax glauca and S. rotundifolia, and scattered 20-25 feet tall Pinus rigida, Acer rubrum and Nyssa sylvatica. The shrub zones of the northerly ponds (B3) is also dominated by Vaccinium corymbosum, but includes Chamaedaphne calyculata, Sphagnum sp., Carex striata var. striata, Kalmia angustifolia and Photinia pyrifolia, as well. There is an abrupt transition to Pinus rigida forest along the outer edge of the Vaccinium zone. Central Railroad passes about 0.7 miles to the southeast. There are cranberry bogs and some clearings for sand or logs within a mile of the site, but the area is primarily forested. Some nearby forest is heavily crisscrossed with a 300-500 foot grid of sand roads, indicating it may be managed for wildlife, but there is no indication of anthropogenic disturbance in the surrounding buffer land other than potential management of fires or logging for wildlife.
Physiographic Province: Outer Coastal Plain
Watershed Code: 02040202030
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| Percent Bare Soil |
2
%
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| Observation Start Date |
22-Oct-2002
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| Observation End Date |
22-Oct-2002
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| Project |
NJ Mark Wong
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| Cover Method |
Percentage (%)
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| Stratum Method |
National Park Service
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| Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated? |
no
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| Plot Validation Level |
(1) occurrence plot: sufficient for determining type occurrence
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| Dominant Stratum |
Herb
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| Growthform1 Type |
Herbs
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| Growthform2 Type |
Moss
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: coastal plain pond
Community Description: High quality pond shore community occurring in the central zone of a coastal plain intermittent pond. Approximately 100 x 200 feet in area, oriented lengthwise northwest-southeast, pond is dominated by Eleocharis tricostata (25%, dried out on survey date) and Sphagnum sp. (70%, dry and brown on survey date), with Dichanthelium sp. (3%), and less than 1% Cyperus dentatus, Carex striata var. brevis, Juncus pelocarpus and Panicum rigidulum var. pubescens. Relatively homogeneous distribution, with one small 3 x 3’ area of dry open soil. Full sun exposure with extremely gentle slope (0-3%).
Note: Although the whole pond, 5.5 acres, was mapped for this occurrence, Eleocharis (olivacea, microcarpa, robbinsii) – Xyris (difformis var. difformis, smalliana) Herbaceous Vegetation occupies approximately 0.4 acres of the pond.
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